GII vs RBLD: which is really different?

GII and RBLD hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and RBLD returned +13.7% over the year. State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.

GII costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points; GII is far larger, $911m against $42m.

GIIRBLD
Expense ratio0.40%0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$911m$42m
Total return, 1 year+5.1%+13.7%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common19%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 12.2 ptsbehind by 3.5 pts
Below its all-time high8.5%, high on Feb 27, 20265.2%, high on Jun 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

35.0%
GII in the S&P 500
81.8%
RBLD in the S&P 500
+5.1%
GII total return, 1 year
+13.7%
RBLD total return, 1 year
GII · 1 year to Oct 9, 202665% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 38% of the fund · 77 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

35% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

RBLD · 1 year to Oct 9, 202618% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
18% of its weight is outside the S&P 50082% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.82%18%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 13% of the fund · 101 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 8% in18% of its weight is outside the S&P 50082% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · Nasdaq-100: 8% in

82% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · GII scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GII and RBLD hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GII RBLD
CONSTELLATION ENERGY 2.73% 1.19%
CHENIERE ENERGY INC 2.00% 1.11%
TARGA RESOURCES CORP 2.15% 1.11%
ONEOK INC 1.98% 1.06%
KINDER MORGAN INC 2.20% 1.04%
VISTRA CORP 1.43% 1.03%
CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 1.14% 1.01%
WILLIAMS COS INC 3.08% 1.00%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 2.65% 0.98%
XCEL ENERGY INC 1.33% 0.97%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER 1.94% 0.96%
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP 0.95% 1.00%
Only in GII
TRANSURBAN GROUP 4.83%
AENA SME SA 4.72%
IBERDROLA SA 4.13%
GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO PAC ADR 3.63%
ENBRIDGE INC 3.60%
AUCKLAND INTL AIRPORT LTD 3.58%
GETLINK SE 2.88%
NATIONAL GRID PLC 2.23%
Only in RBLD
Okta, Inc. 1.55%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 1.34%
Twilio Inc. (Class A) 1.32%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.30%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 1.23%
Emerson Electric Co. 1.21%
Nordson Corporation 1.19%
Nucor Corporation 1.16%

19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowGIIRBLDGIIRBLDGIIRBLD
3 months−6.2%−3.6%−9.6 pts−6.9 pts−9.9 pts−7.2 pts
6 months−7.6%+0.8%−22.8 pts−14.3 pts−30.8 pts−22.4 pts
1 year+5.1%+13.7%−12.2 pts−3.5 pts−18.5 pts−9.9 pts
3 years+61.5%+74.0%−24.3 pts−11.8 pts−45.8 pts−33.3 pts
Since launch
GII Jan 2007 · RBLD Oct 2008
+168.3%+323.0%−508.6 pts−735.4 pts−1,721.3 pts−2,277.8 pts

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On the same fields

GII
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 77 stocks in infrastructure, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
RBLD
First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF · Holds 101 stocks in infrastructure, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 35.0% 81.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.1% 91.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 7.3% 8.0%
Holdings 77 101
Top ten, share of the fund 38.0% 12.6%
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.41% 0.71%
Total return, 1 year +5.1% +13.7%
vs the S&P 500 −12.2 pts −3.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.5 pts −9.9 pts
Below its high −8.5% −5.2%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $911m $42m

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

GII in plain words

By weight, 35% of GII's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 77 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. It sits 8.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

RBLD in plain words

By weight, 82% of RBLD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 13% of the fund across 101 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. It sits 5.2% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do GII and RBLD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 19% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, GII or RBLD?
GII has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so GII differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GII or RBLD?
GII charges 0.40% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so GII is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, GII against RBLD, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/gii-vs-rbld

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